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4 actors play, sing, fight, in this high-octane adventurecolorand intwist.
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The fight against gender stereotypes.
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" Since you don't get rid of this doll the Great Green Dragon will come and get it ! "
Said one daydaddy kingofalbert, exhausted to see her child playingdollrather than learning how to be a real knight.
But despite the threat of seeing his princess kidnapped by the Kingdom's most terrifying creature,albertcontinued to play. So much so that one fine evening theGreen Dragoncame in person to replace the doll with a letter :
“ Don't hope to see your doll again. She is mine now so forget-her »
Braving his fear and despite his inexperience, our hero sets off to the rescue of hisdoll. Embarking on a path far too dangerous for a little boy.
But he will not be alone in his adventure, he will meet the Bard, storyteller forcibly embarked on his story, andLaurielle, the Knight armed with her huge hammer.
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In this chivalrous fresco mêlant Chant, musique, danse, escrime et fantaisie (romanesque & humoristique), Bastien Lecomte confronts gender stereotypesinstilled in children through the notion of play that is too often stigmatized according to their sex.
Through theprank calland somemusical comedy, we are presented with archetypes ofcolorful characters, by their costumes but also their richness and their difference of universe, underlined bysongswith various themes and genres.
Wedance, wesung, webeats for real in thiscartoon showand deliberately drawn in broad strokes, to emphasize the simplicity of the message:
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Audience :
Young audience (3 to 10 years old)
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Discipline :
Musical and chivalrous fresco
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Duration :
50min
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Artistic team:
4
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Stage area:
6m x 6m(minimum) and 4m in height
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Photo credit :
William Klein